E15 Bali Hearing on Food Security: A Post-Bali Work Programme

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Session Objectives

The E15 expert group on Agriculture Trade, Food Security and Sustainable Development, has identified innovative solutions to the urgent challenges facing the global food trading system. Leading experts and policymakers will discuss concrete options for a post-Bali programme on food security in the WTO. Any such programme will need to address urgent concerns emerging as a result of high and volatile food prices. An interactive exchange between panellists and the audience will help to gather insights for strengthening these initial policy proposals, on the understanding that a wide range of perspectives will help to build a more comprehensive and equitable outcome.

Jonathan Brooks is a Senior Economist in the Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD, and Adjunct Professor of International Economics at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (Bologna).
Jonathan works mainly in the areas of agricultural policy, trade and development. His current focus is on the role of agricultural policy in furthering poverty reduction and global food security. He has also led OECD reviews of agricultural policies in Brazil (2005) and Chile (2007). Before joining OECD in 1999, he was a Lecturer at the University of Reading and worked on a range of consultancy projects.
Jonathan has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of California, Davis, an M.S. in Economics from Purdue University, and a B.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics. Prior to specialising in agricultural economics, he worked as a macroeconomist for Data Resources, Inc. Jonathan is the editor and leading author of two recent OECD books: Agricultural Policies for Poverty Reduction (OECD, 2012) and Global Food Security: Challenges for the Food and Agriculture System (OECD, 2013). He is also joint author with Colin Carter of The Political Economy of US Agriculture, which in 1995 won the American Agricultural Economics Association’s prize for quality of communication.

Eugenio Diaz Bonilla is currently a visiting research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Previously he served as Executive Director for Argentina and Haiti at the Inter- American Development Bank. He has more than 30 years of experience as an economist, working with the public and private sector in developing countries.
He has been a consultant and staff member with the World Bank, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Dr. Diaz Bonilla has held several diplomatic positions representing his country in negotiations involving trade and agricultural issues. He has written extensively on economic development, trade, poverty and food security issues. He holds a Master in International Relations from the School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Johns Hopkins University.

Dr Stefan Tangermann is professor emeritus at the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development at the University of Göttingen, Germany. From 2002 to 2008, he was the Director for Trade and Agriculture at the OECD. He was also a professor of economics and agricultural economics at the universities of Frankfurt/Main and Göttingen.
In addition, since 1976 Dr Tangermann has been a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture in Germany. From 1994 to 2000, Dr Tangermann was a member of the Science Council of Germany, a high-level body appointed by the President of the Federal Republic, where he also served as chairman of the Scientific Committee and of several working groups. He is also a Member of the Academy of Science at Göttingen.
Dr Tangermann has written extensively. His numerous books and articles have contributed to the international debate on agricultural policies and trade. He holds a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Göttingen.

Raul Montemayor is the National Business Manager for the Federation of Free Farmers Cooperatives in the Philippines. He was recently elected as Vice-President of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP).
He is also at present a member of the board of the International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC). Mr. Montemayor is a private sector advisor to the Philippine government in the WTO and other negotiations involving agricultural trade. He has a Bachelors of Science degree in Management Engineering from the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines.

Detlev Brauns is at present the Deputy Permanent Representative of the EU to the World Trade Organisation. From 2006 - 2011 he was the Alternative Permanent Representative to the WTO at the German Permanent Mission in Geneva; he chaired the Committee for Regional Trade Agreements from 2008 - 2010. Between 2001 and 2006 he was a Head of Unit responsible for Trade Policy at the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in Berlin. In his earlier assignments he served as a Deputy Head of Unit for Transatlantic Relations at the Economics Ministry (1999- 2001), as Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the German Embassy in Bangkok (1995 - 1999) and as a Desk Officer for EU-ACP-relations again at the Economics Ministry in Bonn (1992-1995). He carries law degrees from Germany, a Maîtrise en Droit from the University of Aix-enProvence and a postgraduate Diploma of Public Administration from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (E.N.A.) in Paris (France).

David Kiu is Vice-President of Communications and Sustainability for Unilever’s Global Markets organization. In this role, he is a member of the Unilever Global Markets Executive (GMEX) led by the COO and represents the communications, external affairs and sustainability agenda across the global markets organization. He manages external affairs, public policy, and stakeholder engagement based in Unilever’s global operations hub in Singapore. David also manages communications teams from several business units and functions including North Asia and Global Customer Development.
Prior to joining Unilever, David’s career history includes leadership roles in communications and public affairs in the consumer goods industry and in political risk advisory and consulting. He has led numerous projects with Fortune 100 companies in the energy, telecoms and financial services sectors. He began his career in public service, spending eight years in various roles serving Singapore's government.
David graduated from St. John’s College at Oxford University with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, and has a Masters degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics.